Victim speaks out in teen rape case: ‘My adolescence was taken away from me’

Victim speaks out in teen rape case: ‘My adolescence was taken away from me’

Victim speaks out in court

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Updated: 6:54 PM EDT May 16, 2018

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WEBVTT >> WHEN I WAS 15-YEARS-OLD, MY ADOLESCENCE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. ANDREW: WHEN SHE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK IN COURT, THE VICTIM DESCRIBED AN EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY TRAUMATIC RAPE. >> THE VERY NATURE OF MY BEING WAS WARPED, WHEN THE DAY A MAN WHO I LOOKED UP TO LIKE A FATHER, BETRAYED MY TRUST AND RAPED ME. ANDREW: THE VICTIM WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A LONG-TIME EMPLOYEE AT HAROLD PERCY’S COMPANY. SHE SAYS HE GAVE HER ALCOHOL AND RAPED HER AFTER A CYCLONES GAME, THEN AGAIN IN HIS OFFICE THREE MONTHS LATER. >> JUST IMAGINE BEING 15 YEARS OLD AND COMING HOME AT 3:00 OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING WITH YOUR PEACE, LOVE AND HOPE UNDERWEAR DRENCHED IN BLOOD AND BRUISES THAT COVERED MY BREASTS FROM THE IMPACT OF WHAT THAT MAN INFLICTED ON MY SMALL BODY. ANDREW: PERCY APOLOGIZED FOR HIS ACTIONS, BUT THE JUDGE AND PROSECUTOR SAID HE DID NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM. >> I’M SORRY FOR MY POOR DECISIONS THAT LED TO HURTING YOU IN ANY WAY AND BETRAYING YOUR TRUST. ANDREW: FACING A 12-COUNT INDICTMENT, FOR CHARGES INCLUDING RAPE, PERCY PLEADED GUILTY TO UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A MINOR. THE CHARGES THAT HAROLD PERCY PLEADED GUILTY TO ARE THIRD DEGREE FELONIES, AND THAT LEAVES THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES WIDE OPEN FOR THE JUDGE. HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN COMMUNITY CONTROL OR HE COULD HAVE BEEN SENT TO PRISON, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE JUDGE DECIDED TO DO. HAROLD PERCY WAS GIVEN THREE YEARS ON EACH COUNT, TO BE SERVED CONSECUTIVELY, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX YEARS IN PRISON. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TODAY. HIS LAWYERS ASKED FOR A WEEK FOR PERCY TO GET HIS AFFAIRS IN ORDER. JUDGE PATRICK FOLEY SAID NO. FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ANDREW SETTERS, WLWT NEWS

Victim speaks out in teen rape case: ‘My adolescence was taken away from me’

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"When I was 15 years old, my adolescence was taken away from me," the victim said in tearful testimony before Judge J. Patrick Foley.

The woman, now 20 years old, described an emotionally and physically traumatic rape.

"The very nature of my being was warped ... the day a man who I looked up to like a father betrayed my trust and raped me," she said.

The victim's parent was a longtime employee at Percy's company. She said he gave her alcohol and raped her after a Cyclones game, then again in his office three months later.

"Just imagine being 15 years old and coming home at 3 or 4 in the morning with your 'peace, love and hope' underwear drenched in blood and bruises that covered my breasts from the impact of what that man inflicted on my small body," she said.

Percy apologized for his actions, but Foley said he did not seem to understand the seriousness of the accusations against him.

"I'm sorry for my poor decisions that led to hurting you in any way and betraying your trust," Percy said.

Percy pleaded guilty to and was convicted of two counts of unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

He was sentenced to three years on each count, to be served consecutively, for a total of six years in prison.